Well this is the last dive season of the century and you shall be diving it in style.
The Chippewa Rivers runs off of the Niagara River just before the falls. It is a quick paced drift dive. Scrounging and easy diving at it's best. This area has been settled for hundreds of years. The junk on the bottom proves it.
Parry Sound has a rich shipwreck history. Come see the Atlantic or the Seattle. Interesting rock formations can also be found.
Tie on your eating clothes and join us for a barbecue. Divers, spouses, kids welcome. Let us know if you will be attending we can buy enough food.
This dive area was recommended to us by The Steel City Dive Club. They have been using
the
location for the previous six years and found it to have both good diving and many other
entertaining things. They have enjoyed the tours of the local wineries, the hiking in the
national parks plus the cross border shopping.
From the divers point of view there are a great number of wrecks around Pelee Point
ranging in
length from 140 feet to 283 feet and depths from 15 feet to 70 feet. These wrecks are
basically
wooden schooners and freighters sunk from 15872 to 1918. The water is warm and the
visibility
good according to the Hamilton club.
As the diving will only be taking up part of the day it leaves the rest of the day free
for the other
activities. The boat will be picking us up at 8:00 am and returning us at 12:00 am after
two dives .
The cost will be about $60.00 day for diving and approximately $25..00 a night accommodations near the boat docks.
Our charter boat will be through Waruwanago Boats. They have a web site that describes
their
operation with links to the town of Leamington where we will be staying . The site is
www.scubaont.com/waruwanago .
This weekend has two highlights the will make it different from most weekends up north
. First
there is the Saturday evening chamber run .For those who have never experienced it,
it is quite a
rush as well as being educational.
Added to the festivities will be shore diving , possibly a night dive on the Wetmore,
sundry boat diving and if we play our cards right, a Sunday dive on the Forest City.
For more up to date information contact Peter Rijnieks at the Colony on Thursday
nights or call 416-493-2126.
Now that our beloved Dawn light is now in Tobermory, we had to find another dive boat from which to enjoy the wrecks of the Penetang area. We tried out smaller boats and camping but still there was that desire for the old ways. Well the live aboard has returned. We will be chartering the Argonaut Diver.
This boat is smaller than the Dawn light but similar in almost every other way. There are large diver sized meals plus a BBQ on Saturday night. If the weather holds for for the weekend we should be able to do at least six dives as there is a bonus night dive on Friday for those interested.
This weekend will be a leisurely re-acquaintance of the Mapledawn, the Marquette and
the
Michigan among others. The dives are long and warm and fascinating.
We will be diving some of the old favorites but we will also have access to new sites such as the Rothesay, the Loblaws,J B King, the Brockville Wall and drifts in the Eye of the Needle and the Narrows.
The Sligo is a wreck in sitting at the mouth of the Humber River. This is a nice day dive. The second dive will probably on the Julia B. Merrill lying not far off. We'll probably have a barbecue at a nearby park.
After all the new dive sites this year it is good to go back to the tried and
excellent. We may be
experimenting in other areas but in Kingston we know everything from the boat
captain to the
waters are first class .
The cost includes three days of boat diving plus three nights accommodation with sauna
and pool.
Who knows what wrecks we will be diving as there are so many in the area. Hopefully the
Marsh
will be on the agenda unlike last year. Included there will doubtless be some of the
regulars such as the Wolf Islander, the Comet, the magnificent Munsen , the Marsh and the
City of Sheboygan. A trip to Kingston would not be complete without a visit to the
teaming graveyard of other unknown wrecks.
As this area holds some of the prime wrecks of Ontario don't miss it this year.
The Segwun is the sister ship to the Waome. It runs dinner cruises in the summer and
early fall. We will be running a trip to see the fall colours by boat. You will get a
chance to see the engines at work as well as walk the decks. If there is interest we may
be persuaded to dive the Waome or Bala Falls.
Here's you chance to see friends, win prizes, and have a general good time. This
popular event is a pre-Halloween blowout. The costume contest is always a scream. Beware
of leopards and women with big wrists. Last year you had a one in three chance of winning
a prize. This year who knows?
We are planning to run a trip to Turks and Caicos in the spring however. Let us know if you are interested in warm water diving, tropical beaches, and loads of fun. If this trip is anything like our Bonaire trip we're in big trouble (fun overdose). We did 24 dives and racked up 25 hours of bottom time in a leisurely two weeks..
Please let us know if you are interested.